Technical Product Specification

Functional Architecture Intel® Server Board S1400SP TPS
30 Intel order number G64248-003 Revision 2.1
3.3.3 On-board Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)/Serial ATA (SATA) Support and Options
The Intel
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C600-A chipset provides storage support from two integrated controllers: AHCI and
SCU. By default the server board will support two single 6Gb/sec SATA ports routed from the
AHCI controller to the two white SATA connectors labeled SATA_0 and SATA_1, four 3Gb/sec
SATA ports routed from the AHCI controller to the mini-SAS connector labeled SATA_2-5, and
four 3Gb/sec SATA ports routed from the SCU to the mini-SAS connector labeled SCU_0.
Note: The mini-SAS connector labeled SCU_1 is NOT functional by default and is only enabled
with the addition of an Intel
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RAID C600 Upgrade Key option supporting eight SAS/SATA ports.
Standard are two embedded software RAID options using the storage ports configured from the
SCU only:
 Intel
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Embedded Server RAID Technology 2 (ESRT2) based on LSI* MegaRAID SW
RAID technology supporting SATA RAID levels 0,1,10
 Intel
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Rapid Storage Technology (RSTe) supporting SATA RAID levels 0,1,5,10
Figure 21. Intel
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RAID C600 Upgrade Key Connector
The server board is capable of supporting additional chipset embedded SAS and RAID options
from the SCU controller when configured with one of several available Intel
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RAID C600
Upgrade Keys. Upgrade keys install onto a 4-pin connector on the server board labeled
STOR_UPG_KEY. The following table identifies available upgrade key options and their
supported features.
Table 7. Intel
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RAID C600 Upgrade Key Options
Product Code Color On-Server Board SATA/SAS Capable Controller On-Server Board AHCI Capable SATA Controller